[plug] Installfest

[Jeremy Malcolm]

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Various people said:

> It may be worth asking for a quick poll on what the experts on this
> list would install for the various types of machines, like servers 
> (web/database etc.),

Debian.

> desktop (office based,

Debian.

> games based)

Debian.

> "Corel/Caldera gave us CD's so if in doubt intall one of them"

Corel.  It's closest to Debian (slink, but) and its installer rocks.

> I NEVER found Debian difficult to install at all..
> it's always been simply pick an option and press enter.. can't
> get much easier than that really..

Yep, someone once said a chicken could install it.

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> RedHat: most common distribution, widest range of compatible 
> packages, arguably
> least stringent security.
> 
> Mandrake: derived from RedHat, most RH packages compatible, 
> selectable security
> levels including reasonably paranoid, lots of nice toys out of 
> the box, requires
> most disk space.
> 
> DebIan: more care take in assembly than either of above, 
> effective dependency
> management, most optional toys of all.
> 
> Slackware: simplest distribution?
> 
> SuSE: best video drivers?
> 
> whoever-else: add your contribution here. Leave the 
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Turbolinux: Its main claim to fame is its clustering product.  Its
marketing focus is on enterprise use, but it does not have a wide
user base except in Asia.

Caldera: One of the easiest distributions to install, has two
differentiated boxed products for the server and the desktop,
designed to integrate into a corporate environment.

Netmax: Sells preconfigured firewall, file server, Web server and
combination products designed to require little or no tweaking. 
Based on Red Hat.  Expensive.
 
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